1. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE INFORMATION TEXT?

As The Franchise Office, we attach importance to the security and protection of your shared personal data. The Franchise Office is a “data controller” in the cases specified in this text. We process your personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 (“KVKK” or “Law”) and take appropriate, moderate and sufficient administrative and technical measures to protect your personal data. As an organization, you can also review our Privacy Policy for more detailed information on the scope, context and approach to the processing of personal data.

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This information text has been prepared to inform the visitors of thefranchiseoffice.com site that we operate as The Franchise Office, our customers who benefit from the services and individuals who contact our organization through the site. The responsibility for the websites of third parties and organizations that we refer to or share information about on our website belongs to the operator and owner of the relevant site, not our organization.

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2. WHAT ARE THE BASIC CONCEPTS REGARDING PERSONAL DATA?

Explicit consent: Consent based on information and expressed with free will regarding a specific subject

Anonymization: Making personal data in no way identifiable or identifiable with a natural person, even when matched with other data

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Relevant person: Natural person whose personal data is processed

Personal data: Any information regarding an identified or identifiable natural person

Employee touching personal data: Employees who process the personal data of the relevant persons on behalf of the organization as required by their job description

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Processing of personal data: Any operation performed on data, such as obtaining, recording, storing, preserving, changing, reorganizing, disclosing, transferring, taking over, making available, classifying or preventing the use of personal data, either fully or partially by automatic means or non-automatic means provided that it is part of any data recording system

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Board: Personal Data Protection Board

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Institution: Personal Data Protection Institution

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KVK: Personal Data Protection Law No. 6698 Law

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Special Personal Data: Data related to the race, ethnic origin, political opinion, philosophical belief, religion, sect or other belief, appearance and dress, association, foundation or union membership, health, sexual life, criminal conviction and security measures of individuals, as well as biometric and genetic data

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Data processor: A natural or legal person who processes personal data on behalf of the data controller based on the authority granted by the data controller

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Data recording system: A recording system in which personal data is structured and processed according to certain criteria